It's business time

[ldsbeaker]

whoops.
None are bent?

[chadthestampede]

whoops.
None are bent?

It really doesn't look like it but they probably are.

[ldsbeaker]

I'm no mechanical engineer or M30 guru, but is it taboo to suggest getting the timing right and giving it a crank anyways?

[chadthestampede]

shitty pics of the carnage. these used to be flat top pistons. All of them look like this.

[chadthestampede]

I'm no mechanical engineer or M30 guru, but is it taboo to suggest getting the timing right and giving it a crank anyways?

I'm gonna try it. I've got nothing to lose at this point.

[z31maniac]

That sucks! Sorry to see that.

[ldsbeaker]

I'm gonna try it. I've got nothing to lose at this point.

That's what I was thinking.

oh yeah, I have an extra B35 head laying around, just you know, collecting dust.

[euroshark]

One of my M90s had pistons that looked just like that. You'll probably be fine...

If it's any comfort at all, guys mill 2-3mm off the top of the stock pistons sometimes when they build stroker motors. I'd run it.

[chadthestampede]

I've been far too lazy to update the past few months. With the end of summer and the beginning of another brutal Buffalo winter almost zero work got done on the car. I buttoned the engine back up, and after a few issues got it running decent.

I sold my daily driver prizm (worst decision ever) because of financial issues, and was dd'ing the e30 for a while. It was awful. Poor heat, rock hard ride, loud, no radio, and just uncomfortable all around.

School started again, and since I'm student teaching I have had absolutely no time to work on it. I had a string of bad luck, involving several overheating issues and a few flat tires, which culminated in a guy pulling out in front of me on my way to school one morning.







I swear that engine is cursed. This was around the end of February, and by that time I was just so burnt out on the car.

Luckily, I got a deal on this 525i touring from a relatively local enthusiast, which has been my daily ever since.





I haven't driven the e30 except to move it from one side of the road to the other. I'm still talking with the guy's insurance company, who seems to think I ran a red light and somehow caused him to pull out of a plaza in front of me. With the amount of work gone into this car and the last one (which was also wrecked ~2 months after I swapped the engine) I might be done with e30s for a while. I'm so burnt out from working on this car and 4 months of student teaching, we'll see what happens this summer.

Look for some parts for sale soon.

[MattAvino]

ive seen a green 5 series touring like this on depew a bunch of times, any connections?

[chadthestampede]

ive seen a green 5 series touring like this on depew a bunch of times, any connections?

Nah I'm mostly in North Buffalo or on the West side. Never in Depew really.

[drutt23]

Dude sorry see the 30 get banged up like that. Keep your head up man. It's still got massive potential. Is the rad support all screwed up too or did it just get the bumper and hood and stuff???

[ColdAccord]

he said on not in, dawg.
you're welcome to sift through my warehouse, I likely have everything you need for that e durty

[chadthestampede]

he said on not in, dawg.
you're welcome to sift through my warehouse, I likely have everything you need for that e durty

...there's a road called Depew around here? It's very possible I've been on it.

[samiam3356]

Sucks about thet e30 getting wrecked. Hope you find time to work on it again. At a stand still with mine as well right now.